Tried to connect 2 laptops together using a router; following the instructions on creating a same name workgroup and turning on sharing files and folders, one laptop is not responding after booting up; I suspect it is searching to connect to the other laptop; how to I disable it from searching

Control Panel > Folder Options

In the View tab, uncheck Automatically search for network folders and printers.

Make sure that both computers have different IP addresses.

Best to let the router assign the address through DHCP.

<br />Control Panel > Folder Options<br /><br />In the View tab, uncheck <i>Automatically search for network folders and printers</i>.<br />

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thanks

will advise when I reboot my system

system finally rebooted and it is still searching for something (Network perhaps);

how do I delete the network connections ? that is disable the system from searching for available networks?

never mind

found the solution

changed the name of the workgroup